Editing Computer simulation (section)

== History ==
Computer simulation developed hand-in-hand with the rapid growth of the computer, following its first large-scale deployment during the [[Manhattan Project]] in [[World War II]] to model the process of [[nuclear weapon|nuclear detonation]]. It was a simulation of 12 [[hard spheres]] using a [[Monte Carlo method|Monte Carlo algorithm]]. Computer simulation is often used as an adjunct to, or substitute for, modeling systems for which simple [[closed-form solution|closed form analytic solutions]] are not possible. There are many types of computer simulations; their common feature is the attempt to generate a sample of representative scenarios for a model in which a complete enumeration of all possible states of the model would be prohibitive or impossible.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHnkBwAAQBAJ&q=There+are+many+types+of+computer+simulations;+their+common+feature+is+the+attempt+to+generate+a+sample+of+representative+scenarios+for+a+model+in+which+a+complete+enumeration+of+all+possible+states+of+the+model+would+be+prohibitive+or+impossible.&pg=PR18|title=A Guide to Simulation|last1=Bratley|first1=Paul|last2=Fox|first2=Bennet L.|last3=Schrage|first3=Linus E.|date=2011-06-28|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781441987242|language=en}}</ref>